Push-button for locks, &amp;c.



N0. 694,34i. Patented Feb. 25, I902.

H. LAUGHLIN, 1B. &, D..SCHUYLE R.

PUSH BUTTON FOB LOCKS, 81.0.

(Applicatmn filed July 10, 1901.)

(No Model.)

'bzfimesszs f I Emremfiofs UNITED STATES ATENT FFICE.

HOMER LAUGHLIN, JR., AND DANIEL SOHUYLER, OF LOS ANGELES, CALI- FORNIA,ASSIGNORS TO THE PERFECT SLIDING DOOR COMPANY, OF LOS ANGELES,CALIFORNIA, A CORPORATION.OF CALIFORNIA.

PUSH-BUTTON FOR LOCKS, 800.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 694,341, dated February25, 1902.

Application filed July 10, 1901.

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that we, HOMER LAUGHLIN, Jr., and DANIEL SOHUYLER, citizensof the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of LosAngeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Push-Button for Locks and other Purposes, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of this invention is to provide a cheap, durable, andattractive push-button to be operated through a perforation in anymember where the push-button is to be used.

Our push-button maybe used for the nightlatch mechanism of door-locks,for mechanism of camera-shutters, push-buttons for electrical devices,push-buttons for door-operating devices, and for any and all uses inwhich a push-button is required.

An object of our invention is to provide a push-button which will ofitself take up any play between the push-button and the part to beoperated thereby.

Another object is to provide a maximum pushing-surface and guiding-bodyand a maximum strength with a minimum amount of material.

Our invention may be carried out in various different forms and can bemade of various kinds of materials. 4

The accompanying drawings illustrate our invention in some of the formsin which it may be carried out.

Figure I shows our newly-invented pushbutton as applied in a night-latchlook, a por- 3 5 tion of which latch is shown. Fig. II is a midsectionalview of the push-button detached.

Fig. III is a mid-sectional view of a modified form of the push-button.

Our newly-invented push-button consists in a tubular body 1, furnishedwith extensions 2, which are integral with the walls of the tube. Theseextensions are preferably resilient and are brought into any form whichis applicable for the use to which the push- Serial No. 67,804. (Nomodel.)

button is to be applied. Preferably the pushbutton is formed in a cup,as shown at 11 in Fig. I, and the extensions 2 are integral with theedge of the cup. In practical manufacture said cup 11 will be made ofdrawn sheet metal.

In Fig. I, 3 indicates a member to which the push-button is connected bythe resilient members 2, said resilient members being arranged totightly clasp said member 3 between them. 4 indicates a pivotal rivetpivoting the push-button to the member 3, to be operated.

In Fig. III the tubular member is open at its ends, and 5 indicates acap for the end of the tube to close the same.

It is to be understood that the push-button may be made of any size andmay be operated by the finger, hand, or foot, or by any device adaptedfor the purpose.

What we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is-

1. A push-button consisting in a cup furnished with extensions which areintegral with the edge of the cup.

2. A push-button consisting in a cup furnished with perforatedextensions which are integral with the edge of the cup.

3. A push-button consisting in a tubular body furnished with extensionswhich are integral with the walls of the tube.

4:. A push-button consisting in a tubular body furnished with resilientextensions which are integral with said body.

In testimony whereof We have signed our names to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses, at Los Angeles, California,this 8th day of June, 1901.

HOMER LAUGHLIN, JR. DANIEL SCHUYLER.

Witnesses:

JAMES R. TOWNSEND, JULIA TOWNSEND.

